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    Once Upon a Campus
    Once Upon a Campus
    Once Upon a Campus
    Ebook32 pages27 minutes

    Once Upon a Campus

    By Karen Kingsbury

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    • Liberty University

    • Adoption

    • Champions for Christ

    • Family

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Star-Crossed Lovers

    • Mentorship

    • Family Saga

    • Academic Setting

    • Meeting the Parents

    • Inspirational

    About this ebook

    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Baxter Family novels shares an inspiring short story about campus life at Liberty University.
     
    Ever wonder what it would be like to be a student at an evangelical Christian university? Inspired by her time as a visiting professor at Liberty University, Karen Kingsbury decided to write a short story series set on its beautiful campus in Lynchburg, Virginia.
     
    In part one of Once Upon a Campus, readers can sit with incoming freshmen at convocation—the largest Christian student gathering in the world, cheer with them from the stands on a football Saturday, and feel their hearts pound as romance and lifelong friendships begin.
     
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 8, 2017
    ISBN9781531257040
    Once Upon a Campus
    Author

    Karen Kingsbury

    Karen Kingsbury, #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, is America’s favorite inspirational storyteller, with more than twenty-five million copies of her award-winning books in print. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists, and many of her novels are under development as major motion pictures. Karen recently opened her own film company called Karen Kingsbury Productions. The company’s first theatrical movie, Someone Like You, was considered one of the most anticipated movies of the year. For more information, visit SomeoneLikeYou.movie. Also, the first three seasons of Karen’s Baxter Family books are now an original series called The Baxters on Prime Video. Karen and her husband, Donald, live in Tennessee near their children and grandchildren. Visit her online at karenkingsbury.com; Facebook: @karenkingsburyauthor; Instagram: @karenkingsbury; X: @karenkingsbury; YouTube: @karenkingsbury1; TikTok: @karen_kingsbury

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      Sep 16, 2021

      The author has talent for engaging the reader as a spectator. Love all of stories. Just like being there!

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    Once Upon a Campus - Karen Kingsbury

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    ONCE UPON A CAMPUS

    A LIBERTY UNIVERSITY SHORT STORY SERIES - PART 1

    Karen Kingsbury

    BONDFIRE BOOKS

    Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

    This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

    All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

    Copyright © 2016 by Karen Kingsbury

    Cover design by Kyle and Kelsey Kupecky

    Interior design by Pronoun

    Distribution by Pronoun

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Introduction

    Part 1

    About the Author

    Dedicated to every Liberty University student,

    past, present, and future,

    those bold and brave young men and women,

    driven toward excellence

    and determined with every heartbeat

    to become champions for Christ.

    Introduction

    As a visiting professor

    at Liberty University who teaches in classrooms several times a semester, I recently decided to write a short story series set on the beautiful Liberty campus and tailored to this great school’s amazing staff and students. For fun, I chose to involve the Flanigan Family – part of my Baxter Family series, along with a few new characters. The story is fictitious. But in real life, my family and I are passionate about Liberty University and its unique ability to train up the next generation as champions for Christ. All five of my sons have attended Liberty, and currently four of them are enrolled in classes. They love this university more than they dreamed possible, and I couldn’t be more thankful. I’m also a

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